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MOOCs and Open Education is a book that articulates topics having to do with open education resources and massively open online courses (MOOC). Modern evolvements in distance learning technology enable people in every nation on earth to participate in online classes. Massive open online courses are ordinarily free for students but do not consistently lead to formal accreditation. There are quite a few subjects that elearning technology institutions have to struggle with today because technology-enhanced learning is developing so swiftly. How can stakeholders ensure that the quality of these massively open online courses is adequate? How can students be assured that instructors are properly credentialed and qualified to teach MOOCs? What different business models are being used by institutions like University of South Florida to conduct these MOOC courses? What assessment strategies and original teaching practices are optimal? How can educators deal with low learner motivation and high learner dropout rates?

As distance learning technology becomes more commonplace there is a developing demand to comprehend how MOOC courses are being conducted. Professors and many other participants need to better grasp these open educational ventures. Completion rates for online MOOCs are far less than the completion rates for traditional courses. Scholars want to better understand how these massively open online courses can be improved. To respond to this crescive desideratum for knowledge the book MOOCs and Open Education provides a critical analysis of massively open online courses and other open education resource issues. This book also discusses the controversies associated with these massively open online courses and open educational resources (OER). To learn more please visit MOOCs and Open Education.

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